Hi John,
Thanks. Did you assemble your antenna yourself or did you get sighted 
assistance? I'm thinking I might try it on my own.
Albert S., WA7FXB
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: New Antenna coming!


>I have the 5BTV and 17 meter ad on kit and love it. Good luck with your
> 6BTV. You will need radials, anything is better than nothing.
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Albert Sanchez" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 3:54 PM
> Subject: New Antenna coming!
>
>
>> Hi All
>> As you may remember I was having SWR problems with my Gap Challenger so =
>> was planning to take it down so as to check it out. Unfortunately before 
>> =
>> I could get it down under a controlled environment it came down all buy =
>> itself due to some heavy weather over this last weekend. The resulting =
>> damage was so extensive that it has been dismantled for disposal. That's 
>> =
>> the bad news! The good news is that I just ordered a DX Engineering 6BTV 
>> =
>> for 80/40/30/20/15/10 meters. The new antenna should be here sometime =
>> early next week. Yes, I know, it needs radials so I have a few ideas to =
>> try out in my extremely small patio area.  Also, later on, I can get =
>> ad-ons for 12/17 and 60 meters.=20
>>
>> Stay tuned for the next exciting chapter hahaha!
>>
>> Best of 73's,
>> Albert, WA7FXB